Lombardi Award

Not to be confused with the Vince Lombardi Trophy, which is given to the winner of the Super Bowl, the National Football League’s championship game.
Rotary Lombardi Award
Awarded forThe best college football lineman of the year
LocationHouston, Texas
CountryUnited States
Presented byRotary Club of Houston
History
First award1970
Most recentLaiatu Latu, UCLA (2023)
Websitehttp://www.rotarylombardiaward.org

The Rotary Lombardi Award is an award for college football in the United States. Awarded by the Rotary Club of Houston, Texas annually to the college football player "who best embodies the values and spirit of NFL's legendary coach Vince Lombardi"[1] the Rotary Lombardi Award program was created in 1970 shortly after the death of Lombardi.[2] The committee outlined the original criteria for eligibility for the award, which remained in place until this day:[3][4]

  1. ^ "Football Lombardi Award".
  2. ^ "The Rotary Lombardi Award". The Rotarian. 167 (6). Rotary International: 34. December 1995. ISSN 0035-838X. Retrieved July 16, 2017.
  3. ^ "College football's Lombardi Award to be open to all positions". 24 August 2016.
  4. ^ "The Heisman-like college football award for anti-Manziels". 27 August 2016.